WTC View
by Brian Sloan

"A World Trade Center view no longer exists by the beginning of WTC VIEW…an account of tentative love and palpable loss in the weeks after 9/11. Much of WTC VIEW is devoted to the potential roommates for Eric, a gay man in his early thirties who is only gradually disentangling his own innate anxieties and fears from those generated by the attacks. [Playwright Brian Sloan] and his director Andrew Volkoff show a refreshing reluctance to contort these encounters into teaching moments or anything else that tidy. Unlike so many fictional meetings, these elliptical, abortive exchanges feel like actual first encounters.” —The New York Times. ”Using a clever framing device, playwright Brian Sloan examines a cross-section of the feelings and experiences voiced by New Yorkers in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attack. Sloan's dialogue sensitively captures the atmosphere of the time…it's a tight, multifaceted script. There’s plenty of humor here but there's also nobility in Sloan’s portr"

— NYTheatre